Elaine C Smith has told how Robbie Coltrane ’s comedy genius laid the groundwork for Rab C Nesbitt. The star was given her big break alongside the TV and cinema legend, who died last week, in BBC Scotland’s Laugh???
I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee, in 1984. She revealed Robbie’s hilarious parody of a ranting Glaswegian who confronted them on a city street was a clone of the character that would later make Gregor Fisher a household name.Elaine also told how Robbie’s success has inspired a generation of Scottish comedians.
Starring as alcoholic Rab C Nesbitt’s long-suffering wife Mary Doll, Elaine was struck by the similarities drawn from a character invented by Robbie.
She said: “One of the first things we did in 1984 was the Glasgow Song, which has been circulated on YouTube since Robbie died and it’s really made me smile to see it again.
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